Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Hello everyone! Happy February! Can you believe we´re already through a
full month of 2016?? This has definitely been the hottest, most
exhausting, most rewarding January I´ve ever experienced.

Once
again, thank you to everyone who sends e-mails, reads the blog, prays
for the missionaries, etc. Your support is felt and appreciated and I
love you all :)

This week has certainly been a wild one!! The craziness started on Wednesday,
when we showed up to lunch and smelled something other than rice and
beans. To my suprise, the irma, bless her heart, made a special
delicacy..."stomach of the bull"...yep. For anyone who knows me, I´m the
kind of person who orders the same meal at the same restaurant every
time. But, as has become a tradition here in Brazil, God is determined
to mold me into something better :) So in only 11 months from now,
you can all look forward to seeing a lovely video of me eating cow
stomach! If you can get past the sliminess, it really isn´t that bad... I
didn´t even throw up!

Also on Wednesday,
we got to teach a sweet lady who owns a little cart with candies on the
street. She´s never home, so we teach her in cart. She usually doesn´t
want to hear a full lesson, so we have previously only left pamphlets
and invited her to read. However, as we talked with her this time, it
was different. She explained that her husband used to work with her in
the cart, but that he had passed away 8 years ago, leaving her to work
in the cart alone. As I was able to testify to her that families can be
together forever and that she can live with her husband again after this
life, her face lit up. A hope glowed in her countenance, and I could´ve
sworn there were angels with us there in the rain. She innocently asked
if she would be able to see her parents again too. It made my heart
burn within me to again testify that she could see them again and that
they could be a family forever. God´s plan is so marvelous. What a
blessing and privilege we have to share this message, to be able to give
hope to the broken-hearted.

Fran and her
two sons, Gab and Nik are progressing very well and loving the
Gospel. I love to teach them and watch them soak up everything. I really
do love that family. Fatima came to church for the second time this
week and loved it just as much as the first :) I love it when people
love church!

Last night, we received transfer
calls. To our dismay, Sister Bundy and I are being separated. We knew
that moment would come eventually. It will be hard to say goodbye to my
mission mom, but I know that we´ll be friends long after the mission.
It´s been a great 4 months together :)

I will be staying in Cidade Lider
with a new companion, who I will be picking up tomorrow
morning. She is Brazilian, so it will be an adjustment of cultures
living together, but I am excited to improve my Portguese and get to
know another daughter of God :) I´ll let you know more about her next
week!

Hope you all are doing well and
remembering to pray and study the scriptures daily. They´re little
things, but they make all the difference! Keep being awesome :)